Sign



March 9 1926. 1,575,661

R. A. THOMPSON l SIGN Filed July 26, 1924 2f TA 2 @f 50 Patented Mar. 9, 1926.

UNIT-,Eo STATES RAY A. THOMPSON, OF CI-IICLfLGrO, ILLINOIS'.

SIGN.

Application `filed J'u1y726, 1924.l Serial' No. 728,317.

To all whom t may concern Be it known'that I, RAY Tnoiirson, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, :and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Signs, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates `to signs, the invention being more particularly related to an improved sign construction designed to be employed at'street junctions and intersections, on roads and highways, and in such other places' and capacities where it may be nsedadvaiitageou'sly. Y

Thev main' object of my invention is the provision of a sign vconstruction of this character, designed to employ sign plates mounted one above the other, and tov make provision for the interchangeability of the plates.

Another object of my' invention is'the provision of a sign construction wherein each sign plate is' readily adjusted as about an axis', in order to be brought into thefbest readable relation with the street or place to be identified, and wherein the number lofy sign plates maybe readily increased or diminished in 'accordance with the requirements of the particular location of the sign. A further object is to provide an improved sign plate adapted to be cast in one piece naine in relief on each face.

Objects rand features ofl the invention, other than those specified, will' appear here- "with certain joint portions and also vwith a linafter.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and vcombination of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

For a fiill understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the vaccom- "pan'ying drawing, forming a part of this application, and in which,

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of my improved sign construction.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the improved sign, fract'ionally shown, the section section onV the line 3 3 l t'rated, -by way.' of example, consists of a post t on which is mounted' a post cap 5 supporting the sign plates 6 and 7, the latter. i i

plate being mounted upon the former plate as shown. The post cap and the signr` plates are made as oney piece elements; preferably cast from aluminum in order to be light in weight as well as strong.

a The post cap 5 is made with a hollow'basev j 8 and both this base and the top 9`r of the post l are made' in co-operative angular form in cross section; preferably inthe octagonal formshown. Centrally at its top end", the post cap is made with a joint member 10 having a circular rim opening' vor cavity 11 in communication with a socket 12 immediately therebelow. The wall bounds ing the socket or cavity 12 is made in angui lar forni; preferablypin octagonal formin cross section, in order to provide a large number of angular adjustments for the supporting sign plates as will be presently understood.

The sign plate 6 is cast at its bottom edge midway its length with depending disk portion 13 andl astud 14 therebfelowfthe last mentioned being made in octagonal r'form j .i v in cross section, these two membersbeing adapted respectively tofit the circiilar'-opening 1l and socket12. B'etweenthe disk portion 13 landstud 14 is an annular recess 15 adapted to receive a set screw 16 .whereby to secur'ethe parts vtogether. T hesign plate 6 is also cast on either face with raised' letters 17 indicative of the street or place" to be identified. This sign plate, at its top Y edge midway its flange, is cast with a socket plate 6. This sign plate 7, centrally of its bottom edge, is cast with a disk 20, and .a

stud 21 adapted` respectively to fit in thel Vcircular opening and octagonal socket of the joint member 18 as shown. On either face the sign plate 7 is cast with raisedv letters 22 indicative of the. place or street which it is intended to identify.

In the employment of my improved sign construction the post cap is' applied to a post as shown and is removably secured thereon by a set screw 23. In this connection I `may remark that this set screw 23, as well as the set screws 16 einployed-to secure the sign plates in their socket joints, is preferably made headless; and for its manipulation I contemplate using a special tool in order that the Yparts will not be readily separated and removed by vandals orl other troubleinakers. The sign plate 6 is mounted in the socket 'joint l0 in such manner. that the raised letters on its face may be readily readable from the street or roadway which it is intended to identify. Owing to the co-operatien of the octagonal form of the stud and the socket joint, the sign plate may be readily adjusted as about an aXis in the position best adapted to render conspicuous from the street or roadway the names on the faces of the sign plate. The sign plate 7 is similarly adjusted as about an axis in the socket joint of the sign plate G. Sign plates as G and 7 may be made precisely alike, each having at its lower edge a projecting portion and at its top edge a socket joint in order that they may be interchangeable as to position upon the post cap 5.. Where theexigencies of the place or situation require it, the post cap 15 may support, one upon the other, any number of sign plates.

From the forgoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be understood that by means of my improvements I have provided a sign construction embodying unitary sign plates which may be mounted one upon the other, to which construction individual platesl may be readily added or from which construction individual plates may be as readily removed, all the plates involving co-operative features of ardjustability.

llhile I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

vHaving described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A street sign including a post cap having an upwardly. projecting joint member with a socket therein, and a sign plate ranged on said joint member andliaving a'depending part litting within and interlocking with the socket therein.

2. A street sign including a support, a

vjoint member upwardly `projecting therefrom and having a two-part socket therein, and a sign plate having a downwardly pronemesi jccting portion freely adjustable in one part of said socket and interlocking with the oth-er part thereof.v

3. A sign including a supporting element raving a socket member with a portion polyangular in cross section and a portion circular in cross section, a sign plate having a depending member with portions .'respec-l tivelyadapted to have bearing in said polyangular portion and said circular portion of the socket member, thereby providing for adjustment of the sign plate in a choice of -positions without removing its depending member from said socket member.

l. A sign including a supporting element having a socket member with a portion polyangular in cross section and a portion circular in cross section, a sign plate having a depending member with portions respectively adapted to have bearing in said polyangular portion and said circular portion of the socket member, thereby lproviding for adjustment of the sign plate in a choice of positions, and means for securing the sign plate in adjusted position.

5. A sign construction having in combination a post, a post cap supported upon the post and having a socket member, and a sign plate cast with a depending portion attached to and bearingin said socket. A

6. A sign construction having in combination with a post capprovided with a socket member, a post for supporting the cap, a sign plate cast with a depending portion adjusted to and having bearing in said socket member, and means in connection with the depending portion and socket member to maintain the sign plate in the adjusting positien desired.

?. A sign including a supporting element having a socket member, a sign plate cast at its bottom side with a depending stud fitting said socket member and at its top side with a socket member, a second sign plate cast at its bottom side with a depending stud fitting the socket member of the first sign plate and atitstop end with a sccket member, said depending studs and socket members being of like construction to allow iiiteichangiiig of the sign plates.

8. A sign construction comprising in combination a post cap provided with a socket member a post for supporting the post cap, a sign plate having a stud litting said post ap socket member and having also a socket member, a second sign plate having a stud fitting the socket meinber'of the first sign plate and also having a socket member, said studs and socket members on the sign plates being of like construction to allow substitution of one plate for the other.

9. A sign construction including a supporting element provided at its top with a circular opening and al polyangular socket into which the circular opening merges, and

a sign plate provided with a disk member and a projecting portion adapted respectively to lit said circular opening and said socket.

10. A sign construction including a supporting element provided at its top with a circular opening and a polyangular socket into which the circular opening merges, a sign plate provided with a disk member and a. projecting portion adapted respec- 10 tively to fit said' circular opening and said socket, and means in Comunication with said projecting portion and the walls ofthe socket member to maintain the sign 4plate in any one of a variety of positions. 15

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

RAY A. THOMPSGN. 

